Shrewsbury and Telford General News and posts
Shropshire’s acute hospitals will next week showcase an innovative App that helps cancer patients manage the side effects of chemotherapy. The App, which can be downloaded onto mobile phones, computer tablets and desktop computers to help patients understand and monitor the expected side effect of chemotherapy treatment, has been developed by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs [...]
A hospital ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital was transformed into a wedding venue on December 1 after health issues prompted a couple to tie the knot. David Donaldson proposed to his partner of 16 years, Lorraine Davis, on Tuesday 29 November and 48 hours later they were proclaimed husband and wife. As soon as the news of the proposal [...]
The NHS Future Fit Programme Board today (Wednesday 30 November 2016) agreed proposed options for the future of emergency and critical care in Shropshire. The preferred option proposes a single Emergency and Trauma Department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) with a Planned Care Site at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford, along with Centres at both sites which [...]
The Trust which runs Shropshire’s two acute hospitals is taking steps to improve care following the reporting of a number of ‘never events’. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has reported six never events since September 2015, following a period of more than three years without recording any. Never events are described as events that are preventable because [...]
With temperatures falling below zero, Shropshire’s two acute hospitals are beginning to see a rise in A&E attendances, and are asking people to think about where they will get the best medical attention for their condition. Year-on-year hospitals across the country are seeing an increase in the number of people attending Emergency Departments and the number of people who are [...]
Doctors at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals believe proposals to separate emergency and planned care will significantly reduce cancelled hospital operations. Mr Joe McCloud, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at SaTH The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) cancelled 775 planned hospital operations in theatres last year, with approximately half being because of a lack [...]
A new vision for the future of health and care services across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin is formally unveiled for the first time today. The Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) for Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin sets out how the health and care system can remain fit for the future, help patients to become healthier and respond effectively to [...]
Mr Mark Cheetham, Consultant Surgeon and Scheduled Care Group Medical Director Improved specialist Day Surgery facilities would almost double the number of beds available for patients, under plans to improve health services in Shropshire. Currently Shropshire has 56 Day Surgery Unit beds across both the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) and the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford. But [...]
Fundraising for vital equipment to treat cancer patients from across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales is continuing, despite the appeal fund reaching its initial target four months early. The Lingen Davies Cancer Fund launched the ACTION appeal in January 2015 to raise £750,000 by the end of 2016 to help fund an additional Linear Accelerator (LINAC) for the [...]
Friday 18 November 2016 The number of life-changing weight-loss surgery procedures in Shropshire could double if a centre of excellence is created – meaning more people could be treated in the county. A Centre of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery could be created at either the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital or Princess Royal Hospital in Telford if plans to transform healthcare in [...]
